The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

January 2009

These are not the droids you’re looking for

January 8, 2009

I have zero idea how to search for a job. So far, I’ve applied online, sent out resumes, asked friends, attended networking functions and visited a few companies. My biggest problem is that I have no idea what it is I want to do. None. I know I want to get paid and I know [...]

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Web security is YOUR responsibility

January 7, 2009

David Meerman Scott is apparently an accomplished fellow. He’s written books on web marketing, claims to be able to teach VIRAL (good god, you can’t actually CREATE a viral marketing campaign, people!) marketing and other such new media nonsense. But he doesn’t know much about twitter, nor does he think much of personal responsibility. His [...]

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Written versus Video blogs

January 6, 2009

Video is fancy. Video looks neat. Video makes you feel like you’re actually accomplishing something online. Video is LAZY. Too often I hear of bloggers going to video-only formats, eschewing their normally written blogs. They claim it’s quicker, that it’s easier and that they love it. Their video blog sucks. It sucks because they don’t [...]

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What I learned today

January 5, 2009

More nonsense from a guy who never stops talking.

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Shop locally?

January 3, 2009

Is it possible to live (and thrive) while only shopping locally? Let’s find out. For the month of January, while finishing my half marathon training which requires a higher intake of food than normal, I plan to shop for food from ONLY the Phoenix Farmer’s Market every Wednesday and Saturday. They have plenty of food [...]

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Whatever you do, don’t…

January 1, 2009

Breast feeding moms on the internet are crazy.

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Seven things I’m dying to tell you…

January 1, 2009

The rules are simple. Write seven things about yourself and then tag seven people, link to their blogs and ask them to do the same. I was tagged by @spellwight and @dpatricklewis this week, so here goes. 1. I am a huge Seattle Mariners fan. I grew up listening to baseball games and always dreamed [...]

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